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Topic: Unable to boot. (boot aborted) (Read 598 times)

Hello there. I'm not sure if this is the correct section for this but I'm seeking for help. I seem to be unable to boot tiny core linux. I am using CorePlus current and I have a very very very old Pentium II (well not exactly a pentium II a Pentium II type celeron ) with 192 mb of RAM (I think it should be enough) which is still running windows 2000 and I wanted to wipe it and install Tinycore, but I can't even seem to boot it! I have already searched in google for the error that prompts, I have already tried many things, a lot of the commands and command combinations but all I get is this error:

Code: newbielink:javascript:void(0); [nonactive]

Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM:Aborted

or:

Code: newbielink:javascript:void(0); [nonactive]

Loading /boot/vmlinuz. aborted.

All it says is "aborted" Nothing else!

The machine has this processor: x86 family 6 model 6 stepping 5 which is a Celeron (Pentium II-based) Mendocino newbielink:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors#Celeron_.28Pentium_II-based.29 [nonactive]And 192 MB of RAM.

I don't believe that internet connection is absolutely necessary to boot.

How about the older builds ? (6.x, 5.x, 4.x ...etc.)Maybe the latest kernel does not support your machine.The gcc extension used to have a bug that use SSE2 instead of SSE even when it is told to use SSE.I guess that could have happened to the latest kernel as well.

That sounds like the bootloader failing instead of the kernel. Isolinux does not like something in your BIOS, there's google hits for the same on other P2's.

To work around that, you may have to install another Linux system first, then do a manual install of TC on top, using that system's bootloader. An older version of TC would use older isolinux, so they may also work.

edit: With machines of that era, network boot and floppy boot are also options.

To work around that, you may have to install another Linux system first, then do a manual install of TC on top, using that system's bootloader. An older version of TC would use older isolinux, so they may also work.

edit: With machines of that era, network boot and floppy boot are also options.

Well, I tried what you said: an older version of Tinycore, but after trying some older versions such as 4.7.7 I had to go back up to version 1.4.3 to be able to boot my old piece of scrap. I don't know if I should have tried versions 2 or 3. Anyways finally succeeded! Now let's see what else can be done with it. I hope 1.4.3 is not too old and I will still be able to format it and make it work.Thanks a lot for your help! See ya and God bless you!